The Dreaming

Never heard this album or any of the songs. Kate Bush is kind of an acquired taste. The music and sound takes time to appreciate. So far, I need more time to fully appreciate it It sounds kind of ‘weird’ at first. Singles: ------------------------------------ "Sat in Your Lap" (#11 UK) "The Dreaming" (#48 UK) "There Goes a Tenner" (#93, UK) "Suspended in Gaffa" (FR, NL, ESP top 40) "Night of the Swallow" (DNC) Rating: 2.5

Kate Bush herself calls regards this album as beloning to her weired phase, and I wholeheartedly agree. This is art with a big "A". I get that this was her way to express herself, but she lost me after track 1 or 2. Her later material is much stronger. 2/5

In tegenstelling tot een ander plaatje die we voorgeschoteld kregen hier, viel deze wat tegen.

Unremarkable

Not a favourite. Bit weird overall.

Way more bizarre than The Sensual World. Not my cup of tea

The Dreaming is the fourth album by English art rock singer Kate Bush. It is her most experimental release, which negatively affected the initial sales and earned a mixed critical reception. It also caused this album to be Bush's lowest-selling record - only being certified silver in the UK. Over the years this album's critical standing has improved and it was featured on lists of underrated albums. The avant-garde nature of her songwriting and dense soundscapes were both a positive and negative to critics. It was a brave piece of abstract pop rock music that was a nice change of pace from mainstream music at the time. Kate Bush described this album herself as one she went mad with. This was an interesting album to say the least. Kate Bush is an extremely talented singer-songwriter that tried something different with this album. The songs weren't anything to write home about, but they weren't bad either. The Dreaming is a unique album that deserves a listen, because how else will you know if you like it or not?

I did not like that.

Too discordant and noisy for my taste. I love Kate Bush and I appreciate her stepping out and trying different things and experimenting. There are some great tracks, like "All The Love" and I also like "Houdini". Overall, I probably won't listen again.

I'm only familiar with her because of her song that was featured on "Stranger Things". I think that song was hugely overrated and wasn't very good at all. I felt this way about this album too. I didn't make it through listening to the entire thing. I couldn't stand the sound of the her voice/the vocal effects used were annoying and the music just plain sucked. She barely escaped a 1/5.

2,5

Had high expectations but disappointed. Interesting sound but overall somewhat strange.

Très expérimental. Souvent trop. Quelques beaux moments ("Suspended in Gaffa", "Night of the Swallow"...), mais le reste est compliqué, unique et parfois trop dissonant. Peut être que dans quelques écoutes j'y verrai le génie, mais pour l'instant je passe à côté de beaucoup de choses, même si je reconnais le talent.

A bit sick of her at this point. Trim that Bush

A different side of Kate Bush, I didn't know before. While I didn't like everything, I found "Houdini" very touching

No doubting her talent, but I just don’t get on with the music all that well.

Not a fan of Kate Bush. I know this is her most “experimental” record, but it’s still straight-up not that good. It kept me interested though, which is why I’m bumping it up to 2 stars. Can’t say I’ll ever listen to it again.

There’s weird good and weird wtf. How much coke did Kate and her producer do?

Love experimental music, this was just not my wheel house.

This album feels like it's supposed to be a musical, but not a musical I would watch. Night of the Swallow is probably the best song. Lots of screaming. The beginning of the last song feels like it's going to be great, but then the screaming starts. Hee Haw Hee Haw Hee Haw

I didn't like this.

This album reminds me of an American Bjorn. It has some interesting elements, but it's too experimental for me to get into.

Not excellent, very weird.

Es demasiado falopa y honestamente no lo volvería a escuchar :/ 4/10

kate bush did 9/11

I normally like Kate Bush but not this album

always appreciate experimentation, this one's just not for me

I didn't like this album. I was interested in listening to Kate Bush with how much Running Up That Hill blew up, but this album feels too experimental for me. Her regular singing voice is awesome, but when she does a more screaming voice, it just sounds off to me. I was hoping for more basic synthwave-esque music, but maybe that's on me for not knowing better. Favorite song: Houdini (except the yelling at the end of the chorus) Worst song: The Dreaming

I tried but I just couldn't get it. This album is too experimental and 80s for me. It felt like listening to nails scratching on a board for 40 min.

Hard to know what to make of this record: it is just a bit too over-worked for my taste. Massively influential, in its way. The mix of samplers and synthesizers with acoustic instruments sounds great, but the songs are so complex and over-worked that I struggle with this in the same way I struggle with prog. The fretless bass dates the production somewhat. A bit too clever-clogs, humourless and emotionally distant. It doesn't really move me. I was thinking 2.5 stars, but the title track makes me feel icky. Her take on Aboriginal issues is perhaps well meaning, but ultimately embarrassing and insensitively executed (this song was originally titled "the Abo Song". Some promo copies of the single are so titled). Didgeridoo playing from well known pervert (and absolutely not-Aboriginal) Rolf Harris. So, we're rounding down.

Hmmm - not really sure what the appeal is to this. Not horrific, but really shouldn’t be on the list.

Meh art rock.

My second Kate Bush album on this list, after Hounds of Love. This album veers far more towards the experimental than pop, and I didn't enjoy it as much.

Lo único que me gusta es la portada. Irrelevante pero se puede escuchar.

- parts of a song are enjoyable and then it sounds like something out of a horror movie. Like a witch singing - cannot imagine listening to this not at Halloween time

Idk don’t love it

Eh, not my thing. It was a bit odd. I liked a few songs, and I feel like Tori Amos was really influenced by her...but this album didn't hit.

Kind of a weird album...

I did not really enjoy this album. It made no sense, not instrumentally or lyrically. The only reason I’m not giving this 1 star is because Kate Bush, when she isn’t trying to sound like the female lead character in a show made for ten year old girls, has a good singing voice.

I don’t really see the appeal

Love Kate but this was too much and hurt my ears

Really couldn’t get into this

Not my cup of tea

Usual Kate bush quirkiness

A bit too raw for my liking

Very Alice in Wonderland-esque

Weird

Kate Bush and me, we just ain't meant to be. Every song is just around the corner from something that I would love, but I can't key in on exactly what she's after. It reads like parody sometimes and I'm looking for the sense of humor, to figure out what the joke is, but I can never put my finger on it. Super interesting arrangements and tunes, but nothing that sticks in my head. I really want to be a Bush-baby, but I don't think it's gonna happen.

Quite weird

There are tracks that I like from Kate Bush and have listened to many times. I previously reviewed Hounds of Love for this list. All of the tracks from The Dreaming were new to me. I respect Bush's talent, and I wish I could have heard more of her music in context with the time it came out. I know she was making music in ways that stretched some boundaries. There were strange sounds in "Suspended in Gaffa" that reminded me of Hamster Dance. Bush did a strange low voice on "Houdini" that distracted from the rest of the track. The donkey noises on "Get Out of My House" was a poor way to end the album, leaving this review below 3 stars.

This was a weird album with and often weird cadence, almost like marching music. Kate really likes to exaggerate her voice, which also adds to the weird.

Nah. Like I said the last Kate Bush album, i'll take Tori Amos any day. Kate is too weird for me.

I like Kate Bush, but I hold this album responsible for Bjork. it's too weird, too tuneless, too "arty" for my tastes

I get the artist's prerogative, but still... For good or for bad (probably bad), my least favourite KB album. It's the one that saddled her with the 'away with the faeries' label. Which is an unfair distraction from her marvellous body of work, and has inspired a generation of lesser beings to (try to) emulate something they don't quite get.

Just no!!!

Not my bag.

Jeez most of these songs sound like a child's nursery rhyme's. No thanks

She has a great voice. But the songs are just not for me.

not for me

2/5 not really of my liking

Did not love it, but it was something different 2/5

"Very weird. She's obviously trying to become less commercial” - Neil Tennant

Gal is cray, and it's okay, but I think I'll only listen to this today 🤷‍♀️

Não curti

Kate Bush without the catchy numbers

More interesting and respectable than it is good to be honest. I don't mind experimentation in music at all, but the results here are something of a mixed bag. Not terrible, but not something I'd really want to listen to over and over. I would consider giving it another try down the road. 5/10

Meh, I tried to make the most of this and do some hovering and cruise in for an easy 3, but nar, I just don’t get Kate Bush. Quirky cat wailing.

Better than the last Kate Bush album, but not really for me. Loved how weird the last song was. Kate Bush seems to be telling stories in her songs that I'm just not really interested in. Don't particularly like her singing style either

Can’t really get into her voice but at least it was upbeat and fun to listen to

I think I like the idea of Kate Bush better than the actual music. It's all a bit over the top and got annoying in places

It's something different.. but not really for me I believe

This started as quite a fun album, much weirder than I had expected (in truth, I don't know any Kate Bush songs except Running up that hill and Wuthering Heights, which in retrospect are also actually pretty weird, so no idea where I got my expectations from). Not into Pull out the pin, Night of the Swallow, Houdini. Basically all the songs where she actually screams. No thanks. Actually the later songs of the album really reduced my enjoyment, eventually ending up at 2 stars.

Odd

I do like some Kate Bush tracks, but i didn't get on with this album unfortunately

Too weird for me.

Some of the music is okay, but not much. Can't stand her voice

Not for my tastes

Mad that someone as talented as Kate bush could make a crock of shit like this.

Not my kind of thing. Bit too esoteric for my ears

But weird

This list loves Kate Bush. I like Kate Bush.

Admittedly, this is not what I was expecting from a Kate Bush album. I was expecting something dreary but instead I got what sounded like a 45-minute bad dream, I'm just not sure if that's a good or a bad thing. A bit too kooky for me overall, though. Best track: Leave It Open

Even going into this knowing that this is one of her least accessible and "out-there" albums, I couldn't find myself enjoying this. Some tracks were very difficult to get through, even as some were somewhat enjoyable.

Kate Bush oikeastaan vain nimeltä tuttu. En todellakaan tiennyt, että tehnyt musiikkia jo 45v. EI ihan ominta musiikkia.

Meh

Vähän liian kokeellista mun makuun. Keskittyminen ei ehkä ollut ihan kunnossa arvostelijalla.

Kakkosen ja kolmosen kappaleita. Pyöristelin aikani ylös- ja alaspäin. Annetaan lopulta 2.

I don't know why she has two albums in this list but overall it's just 80 shlock. Not great

4/10. Some songs sounded alright, even rather interesting, others just sounded painful

No me convence

While this album was enjoyed more than yesterdays, this is another non starter for me. I thought I knew who Kate Bush was but after this I'm not so sure. Did she take the wrong pill and she is stuck in the dream world? I'm not sure but I tried to get into this music and I couldn't. Something about the composition feeling jarring and the vocals being off. Not sure if she is from the UK but that would explain a lot.

I know the vocals are meant to give you a shake, but I just can’t enjoy them. Some good parts

I loved "Hounds of Love", but I couldn't get into "The Dreaming". It's one of those albums that confuses being experimental with being good, and I just could not enjoy it at all.

I appreciate her artistry but wasn't a big fan of her music

Not the best and just not for me.

i'm sure she's a perfectly lovely human being, but dear lord do i hate kate bush's music. i've just never ever liked it, and this album in particular was just hard to get through.

Erg invloedrijke muzikant maar niet lekker luisterbaar

Vähän liian taiteellista menoa mun makuun. Osa biiseistä hyviä, osa hieman raskasta kuunneltavaa. Tämä olisi ehkä vaatinut pari lisäkuuntelua paremmalla keskittymisellä.

Extra star for "Get Out of My House," a great way to end an album I otherwise don't really care for.

I’m not sure if I like her or not.

Weird and borderline unlistenable, but at least some of the lyrics are thoughtful. Best track: Houdini

I don't know what to expect beyond "this is gonna be a bit weird", going by the other Kate Bush stuff I've heard. And yeah, it's... pretty weird. Lots of it sounds like Queen's stranger "theatrical" moments, but with her not-quite-in-tune screeching going on over the top. Lots of wailing and moaning, seems every few seconds she's singing in a different style. There's a bipolar loud-then-soft-then-LOUD approach to everything, with "dynamics = creativity!" being the obvious order of the day. But there isn't much by way of foot tapping tunes, it's all weird for the sake of being weird. I'm gonna struggle to give this one a rating - it's out there enough that it kinda defies my ability to give an album a number out of 5 haha. I can appreciate the effort that went into it but I don't like the end result. Seems like the sort of thing that would've been laughed at when it came out and then retrospectively added to the "canon". Also ultimately seems like the sort of thing that self-declared "artsy" people would claim as the best thing ever, simply because it's jarring and unconventional. 2/5. (Although I genuinely liked the last song haha)

This is like if Kate Bush sang clown music. This is really weird, and (so far) there hasn't been a song that has really shown me what she was trying to do in this album. Is it unique? Absolutely. Is it underrated? Maybe, but I don't really think so. Do those things make it good? No, it doesn't. On top of that, I think the album is also kind of sloppy. It's a mess that just never really comes together. Favorite Song(s): -

niet echt wat ik verwacht had, maar wel gewoon weer kaulo vaag en best doodoo. oke het is echt heel doodoo.

There is also a thing as "too much Kate Bush"... The constant up-and-down with her high voice is quite annoying.

I read the entry and the artistic regard, but it’s very difficult to listen to.

She is truly an inspiration for tone deaf people everywhere

Didn't like anything about it.

was soll das toad feature auf dem ersten track? einzelne ansätze waren gut aber sehr durcheinander. eigentlich ist das ganze album ein durcheinander aber mehr wie ein autounfall und nicht wie ein künstlerchaos.

Fuck this

Unlistenable

Fuck this

I don’t understand Kate Bush at all. This is just not for me.

Just no

Eikös Kate Bush ole arvostettu ja erittäin menestynyt brittisrtisti? Ja eikös tämäkin levy ole ollut aikanaan arvostelu- ja myyntimenestys? Ihmettelen suuresti. Yksi huonoimmista levyistä joita olen kuullut koskaan. Tekotaiteellista paskaa. Bushilla voi olla vaikka miten hieno ääni mutta koko albumi tällaista falsettikiekumista ja huutoa on raskasta kuunnella. En kerta kaikkiaan keksi mitään hyvää sanottavaa. Pitäisikö, onhan kyseessä merkittävä naisartisti? Olkoon vaan, huono mikä huono! Ihmettelen myös sitä, miten matalalla rima on ollut tällaista julkaista ja mikä tässä on ollut sellaista, että ilmeisesti ainakin britit ovat tästä hullaantuneet. Oli miten oli, en ymmärrä ja kuulostaa hirveältä ka lähinnä ärsyttää. 1/5

scary circus clown music no gracias

I’m only familiar with Running Up That Hill from Stranger Things. Unfortunately, Kate is not the type of artist that I gravitate towards.

Dit is het derde en laatste album van Kate Bush dat we voor onze kiezen krijgen. Dat check ik toch altijd even van tevoren, zeker zo op het einde van de lijst. Wat me daarbij gelijk opvalt, is dat dit dus haar 4e album is dat ze uit heeft gebracht, maar ook het oudste dat in de snoblijst staat. De snobs kiezen er voor om niet het debuut uit te kiezen of uberhaupt een van de eerste drie albums. Die zullen dan wel vrij obscuur zijn, denk je dan. Hoe vaak gebeurt dat niet bij dit soort artiesten? Wat blijkt: haar debuut heeft onder andere "the man with the child in his eyes" en "wuthering heights". Op album 3 staat "Babooshka". Niet zomaar kleine hitjes me dunkt. Bovendien zijn de 1e 3 albums multiplatina gegaan. En dit album: zilver. Het slechts verkochte album van Kate Bush aller tijden. Waarom staat dit in godsnaam in deze lijst??! Waar slaat dit op? De muziek is ook gewoon ronduit kut. Het is vaag, ze wringt haar stem in onmogelijke posities, er zitten slechte geluidseffecten in. En bovendien is het beresaai. De keuze is simpelweg niet uit te leggen. Kies toch gewoon het debuutalbum man, dat heb ik gewoon zonder problemen hierna opgezet. Ik ga voor dit album een hele grote dikke vette 1 geven, omdat de snobs wat mij betreft allemaal ontslagen mogen worden. Wat een stelletje zelfingenomen flapdrollen zijn het toch

This was definitely experimental. And unique. And avant-garde. But not for me.

Someone described this album as a "cat scratching at my balls" and I believe him. Fave track: Pull Out the Pin

I appreciate the gusto, but I’d rather listen to a fire alarm.

Beetje jankerig

Not many times does an album say man What the fuck is this shit This is one of those times I mean sure there’s some cool random sounds. but honestly, like I get it it’s experimental, but that doesn’t mean that it ain’t shit like none of these songs are like catchy make me want to return to the album at all. I mean props to the people that could give this album multiple lessons. it’s a one and done for me Miss Bush like you’re known for running for up that hill and that’s it. As of right now.

This is awful. Kate Bush makes Bjork sound like Aretha Franklin. Kate Bush is incredibly overrated. 80s music sucks. Of course this is one of Bjork's favorite albums. The title track is like a pirate shanty. This is terrible, there is not a single redeeming feature of this album.

Just a bit weird but mad respect

Too many silly voices on songs like ‘There Goes A Tenner’ and ‘ The Dreaming’. I just dont get Kate Bush, like pop meets prog rock

What did I just listen too, more accurately, what did I just skip through. Awful mess that was all over the place.

Man this album is really crap. It's incredibly annoying at almost every turn. Kate Bush's voice grates like crazy. The one good thing I liked was sometimes the drums were cool. I just don't see what everybody else is seeing about Kate Bush, this album was terrible

Not for me

I dislike this music and kate's voices. Never a fan and it has not changed. Experimental pop gone wrong

Pretty much unlistenable.

Discordant, disorganized, and downright hard to listen to. I understand there's a level of artsy/ethereal going on here, but it does not land at all when the album is just plain bad

Didn’t really care for it

OMG why is she on this list???

What the fuck did I just listen to?

Pretentious nonsense.

Quirky. Bonkers. Unlistenable, Christ, she can't half shriek.

Had a very difficult time listening to this whole album. Personally not my cup of tea.

A bit too experimental and not enough melody

Alr 80s pop herwego T1 hate the beginning, started to like it as the singer started singing more weird. Seems like a concept album maybe? Excited to hear the rest of the songs, probably wouldn’t relisten often to t1 but I enjoyed listening T2 Hate this falsetto T6 Some weird tribal music hell yea T10 Ayo? Horse noises? That’s wild (echoes is the best PF song)

Self indulgent noise. Hated it.

No. I’d rather rub one out with sandpaper than hear her voice.

This was just jarring. I wanted to like it, I really did, but the attempts at screams just genuinely made my skin crawl each time. It was a rough listen and borderline painful.

The first album on this list I couldn’t finish

I can honestly say I hate this album, my first one star. I only know her from Stranger things so I woke up cautiously optimistic. I am not impressed with any part of it and at several times found it actively annoying.

I know why the weird theatre girl in high school was into Kate Bush, I don’t know…both weird and leaves no lasting impression. As an odd comparison as this is - sometimes the "i want to say something art-y" conecept album becomes blovated crap...so with the Wall by Pink Floyd so goes The Dreaming.

Not my thing

It's not often that I hear something I really hate, for the entirety of my listen, but this has done it. I think you'll be hard pressed to find a more irritating album than The Dreaming on this list. Every song was just a mess, vocally, instrumentally, you name it. They say if you can't say anything nice to not say anything at all, so I'll leave it at that.

This is just not for me. I really did not like this album at all.

Artsy avant garde eccentric pop. I am really not a fan of her voice! Gets worse each song, that last song is dreadful! 1.5/5

Three fucking Kate Bush albums? Give me a break. I imagine the theater kids like it. I find it constantly irritating. It doesn’t suffer from the awful mid-80s production like her later albums. But there wasn’t a single moment that swept me up the way good music does.

While the previous two Kate Bush albums were tolerable to alright, this album is unlistenable.

Kate Bush is very talented. I’m glad she stopped wasting that talent on weird noises, grunting, and other experimental nonsense.

This is not the Kate Bush of running up that hill. This is some theatrical 80s bit, and I'm not into it at all. 1*

God she is so annoying on this album.

This was awful. It was like she’s was trying to be “unique” just for the sake of it. Was I at the circus? The opera? At a yoko ono concert? Not for me at all.

What the actual fuck was this kate

Son connu

This album is awful. It’s weird, pretentious and irritating. The vocals are terrible, the lyrics are nonsensical are the music is basic. This list has been a mixed bag. Some good albums, some not so good. Sometimes I can appreciate the talent of the songwriters, but it’s not my style. In those cases, I don’t like to be too harsh with my reviews, but “The Dreaming” is just downright rubbish and I’m irked that someone added it to this list.

It was interesting, but not for me.

Got through one song. Top 1001 albums of all time? listen to before I die? Nope.

I really cannot stand Kate's voice. I know she's very creative, but I just can't do it. So I did not listen.

Pre-listen: So, I've never heard of a R&B/Hip Hop sci-fi concept record, so this is kind of exciting. Listening notes: I love the big-band work. Production is strong. There are a lot of moving parts to this, and it's put together really well. I love the idea better than the execution though...though, to be fair, the genre isn't something I gravitate toward, so that might be part of my problem. Truth is, I think everything is done really well, and it's interesting, at least from a technical standpoint. I think where it falls kinda flat for me is the front half of the record. The back half picks up some, and she goes in some crazy directions musically that I didn’t expect, but the front half kind of drags. Ultimately, I could see where this record would appeal to some people, and I'm not hating on what this seemingly really talented artist is doing here. But, as weird and unexpected and eccentric as the record is as a whole, I probably won’t revisit it on account of the first handful of songs. 3.7/5

clown music. didnt finish

Meh

Jesus christ its another Kate Bush album Stop trying to make Kate Bush happen, it's not going to happen! Terrible vocals aside - the music itself was utter shite! Not only do we get screeching and wailing, but in this album we get bonus donkey noises! And at one point she went full on Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins 1 ⭐️

Absolument pas mon genre

What the hell was that

Super fucking annoying

I couldn't even finish the first few songs

I can see why some people love Kate Bush. I’m not one of those people. Good lord, I had to turn this off 4 songs in

I have a friend who is a fan. So I've tried. I tried in the '80s. I tried in the '90s. I tried this morning. I just can't do it. For starters, I'm just not a fan of any 'theatrical' / Baroque style pop music. But I can occasionally get past that with other artists. What I can't get past is her voice. It feels like an ice pick in my eye. I literally feel it more than I hear it. She supposedly has great lyrics, I'll have to take their word for it. I honestly can't make out any words. Just stabbing pain to the brain. She's the only artist I can think of that I have a purely physiological response to.

What the fuck was that.

Weird. Bad.

uniikkia mutta en pidä

“There goes a tenner” -someone after buying this album in 1982 and listening to it

Kate Bush is a national treasure. She's broken boundaries, pushed limits, strived to fulfill her very own vision with little or no compromise. She also seems to have quite a self-deprecating sense of humour. So, what's not to like? Well, the fact that her vision just doesn't align with my tastes at all. I'd sit down for a pint with her and I think she'd be great company to chat away an evening. I'd just hope she'd never bring up her music in conversation so we can avoid that awkward silence - or, after a few pints, my very wordy way of trying to express that I mostly appreciate the theoretical concept of what she's doing and how she's doing it, but not so much the actual result.

It’s always pleasing when I find an album here that I like more than I thought I would. This isn’t one of them. This album was often irritating and I don’t need that in my life.

Baffling, especially with her voice at its screamy screechiest. I'm sure Kate has her place but not with this wildy experimental and self-indulgent album.

This one did not land the way she wanted. Is this a joke?

I think Kate Bush is trying to out weird Bjork. Very bizarre style. I know she can sing but not on this album. She sounds like she took singing lessons from Yoko Ono. There is not a single song on this album I would willingly listen to again.

This is my 2nd review for a Kate Bush album I think I just don't like Kate Bush.

'Experimental' apparently means shit in the music world. The 'Layers' of music are different layers of shite.

Nope. Not good at all.

Maybe this is my bad for not knowing this album would be a weird concept album posing as the score to an off-broadway musical I would never attend. That is to say, I had expectations (an album of normal Kate Bush songs), and they were unmet. All that being said, if somebody had warned me, I would have come in hating it. It’s like telling somebody the movie will have a twist, and then they’re looking for it. If somebody had said I should prepare for donkey hee-haws and intonations that sounded awkwardly like a drama camp recital, it would also have ruined this album.

God... that was just terrible. Weird to be weird. So glad Kate got her shit together for Hounds of Love a couple years later. It's like night and day between these two albums.

I was today years old when I learnt that Kate Bush sucks. The Dreaming is a bad musical soundtrack. 2.7/10

Didnt really like her voice

What did I just listen to?

I did not like this. 1

Apparently I don’t like any of her musc based on her 2 albums I’ve listened to.

I just don't understand her appeal. She's got some crazy energy.

3/10

Do you like to listen to women scream over mediocre melodies in a repetitive fashion? If so, boy have I got the album for you. 1/5

Not for me. 1/5

The only thing this album has going for it is that it tips its hand from the onset and lets you know it’s going to be garbage.

I just did not enjoy this. Cannot think of a situation or mood where I’d be like, “Hell yeah…let’s put on some The Dreaming by Kate Bush.” I’m at a 1.5 was gonna round up because of influence, the one of the high squeals came on in Suspended In Gaffa….thats a 1 son.

The only thing memorable about this is the album cover.

This is objectively a terrible sounding album. I had hope for one song but then it quickly turned into a mess. Idk who pissed Kate off and drove her to make this horrendous album but they should be put in prison or stoned to death for their crimes against humanity.

Really repetitive, her voice gives me the creeps, and many of the songs have annoying background singing. Best song: Night Of The Swallow

High pitched shrieking, and over use of the sound affects cupboard. Did I hear an oompah band in there too? All nonsensical musical theatre.

That “musicians such as Björk … have cited The Dreaming as one of their favourite albums” told me everything I needed to know about this album, and yet I somehow was still surprised at how awful it was.

Couldn't finish, I'd like to listen to other albums of hers though.

What. In. The. Hell.

1.25

nul

Some experiments shouldn’t see the light of day. This was one of them.

Not good

I haven't liked any of the Kate Bush albums, and I think this one might be my least favorite. It's to weird, her voice annoys me to no end, and I just don't like any of the music or production. This is the epitome of "not for me"

like if tom waits was a girl. bad circus music and mixed like shit

Not for me crap

God this was awful.

What the fuck is THIS

Not for me.

Yeah, this is not the album for me. I'm not sure what I just listened to, but please make it stop

Ei varmasti ollut tälle mikään ihanteellinen kuunteluhetki, mutta silti. Huhhhu mikä työmaa.

3rd Kate Bush Album in 10 days - I couldn't finish this one. This is also the earliest album out of the 3 so maybe it's just her earlier work I dislike.

Fav: Night Of The Swallow Least Fav: Houdini

This is soo bad. 0.5 stars.

I don't get it. Like truly. It's screechy and weird and unpleasant.

too much baby talk!

horror movie scene change music

People wtf?!! The third KB album and it sucks just like the other two. Maybe if she wasn’t experimenting in the 80’s she would have achieved something. But I mean. Cmon!

Yikes. Maybe I'm a cretin who only likes music when it is played using traditional instruments like the guitar, the piano, and the drums, and not when it sounds like a cross between a science experiment and a witch's incantation. Did not like this one at all, and found myself scrunching my face up in confusion or disgust at multiple times.

I’m only 3 songs in and this just sucks. Update: All done, and yeah, the whole thing sucks.

Not a fan.

if i only could i'd make a deal with god and i'd get him to turn off this album

Normally I like weird and experimental stuff. But this was… I don’t even know. Nothing struck me or stuck with me at all, and there were times I audibly went ‘Oh no’. Not her best

Music for people who don’t like music

Didn’t love it. I bet she was an influence for Fiona Apple

What kind of alien abduction experiment is this.

I think I've pretty thoroughly proven throughout this exercise that I do not need to have a traditionally great singing voice to appreciate the music. However, if your singing voice sounds like it's trying to be bad on purpose, I have almost no time for you. Kate, you're a singer-songwriter, for crying out loud. Can you try not using your Bene Gesserit voice on half the songs?

The Racket, more like

Ehh, just not good. A strange album with some real random vocal choices. 1/5 won’t listen again

Fiquei com a impressão que se tratava de uma tentativa, frutada, de soar como gótica.

Just horrible

Rather butt chug

I made it through 2 songs before I had to call it. Not for me!

I couldn't even listen to it. Yuck.

I love Kate Bush. And I'm no johnny-come-lately fan who discovered her because of Netflix's Stranger Things. I've loved her since the 80s. But this record...I just can't. It feels very self-consciously art-rock. Her best is still The Kick Inside, and that album better have made this list. Still love ya, Kate!

While listening to this, I kept thinking, “how much more would I hate this album if I didn’t feel like I should like it since it’s Kate Bush?” The answer is, A LOT. Not a fan of this at all. Sorry, Kate, this just didn’t work for me.

Awful

Kate Bush's vocals and song construction feel carnivalish to me. I imagine dancing oompahloompahs and theatrical, bare-breasted muses quirkily bouncing across a stage in a circus tent.

Wow. Some serious wailing on this one. Pish.

Dreadful

On the previous Kate Bush album I said: "not for me". For this one I can say _definitely_ not for me!

Regarded as one of Kate Bush’s more eclectic albums, “The Dreaming” is strange and avant garde. Totally 80’s but weird and screechy.

Well it wasn't boring, so that's something. Just wasn't pleasant to listen to, at all.

Do not like at all. Couldn’t even get through the second song.

Nope!

Very not my style.

NO, why is there a song that sounds like dog noises??

Awful. Sounds like yoko on crack.

i'd rather listen to pink friday 2 or skibidi toilet for 12 hours this shit is so ass im crying😭😭😭 idk give it a chance tho this is just not for me❤

strange, and not in a good way.

Listened on subway in NYC. Not great. 1.4

This is some of the most ass music I’ve ever heard. The 80s truly were a low point for society.

This was horrible. Like a really bad knock of of the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack.

Don’t grab me. Not a huge fan of this one.

I consider falsetto a technique sparingly as a dramatic effect because it is not a pretty sound... Kate Bush just hangs on it. I cringe every time she goes into scream mode and not in the modern slang sense. actual closed eyes, contorted face cringe in the traditional sense. If you exclude the annoying hi-pitched screams the rest of the album is your classic "weird for the sake of being weird" art pop. The most bearable song was night of the swallow but you can almost hear her shaking from holding back screaming in your ear at the chorus.

Ugh, this was nearly unlistenable. I enjoyed the last KB album, but this album was just irritating. The falsetto's the vocal bouncing paired against the boring music set this up for a giant fail. I might as well listen to Tori Amos.

There are three Kate Bush albums on the list. There don’t need to be. “The Dreaming” has “often characterised as her most uncommercial and experimental release,” and to that I would add “almost unlistenable.” There are some hints of Bush’s talent here, but they are overwhelmed by too many head-scratching moments. Artist should absolutely experiment. But not all of those experiments should leave the studio. I laughed out loud at the ridiculousness of so many parts of “The Dreaming.” NPR made a list of The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women from a reader’s poll. The 1001 has women underrepresented, but Kate Bush’s three entries isn’t the problem. Somehow “Dreaming” made the NPR list, at #24. 🤷‍♂️. But ahead of it, and not on the 1001, are: Beyoncé - “Lemonade” Adele - “21” (was on but was taken off) Tori Amos - “Boys for Pele” Taylor Swift - “Reputation” (ok I don’t agree with this one) Then after 24, but also more deserving, are: Melissa Etheridge - “Yes I Am” Neko Case - “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood” Fiona Apple - “The Idler Wheel…” …and on, and on… Adele should have stayed on the list. Swift I could take or leave personally, but she probably deserves more on the list for her popularity and cultural impact. “Fox Confessor” is brilliant, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, and I’d love to see it on the list. But it’s Tori Amos and Fiona Apple that are most directly deserving of one Bush’s three spots. Apple’s “Idler Wheel” and “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” are experimental, like “The Dreaming,” but I think are more listenable (though I’m sure all won’t agree). Amos doesn’t get enough credit for her body of work and the many artists she inspired. Many women are deserving of one of Bush’s three spots, but I’d give it to “Boys for Pele.”

Actual dogshit

The beat? ass. The flow? Ass. The lyrics? Don’t fucking no (ass) this album makes me want to kill my whole family. A disgrace to the album that came before this. Not a good look for the women community.

I did not think it was possible for an album to suck this bad yet here we are. I genuinely wanted to stop listening to this album about 10 seconds in. It sounds like something theater kids would listen to.

Probably the worst album yet. Experimental pop punk is not for me.

Kate Bush doing a Bert The Chimney Sweep. A load of absolute balls.

A little too odd for me

Her voice is awful

What an interesting, creative, quite talented... absolutely unlistenable drivel? I rated two other Kate Bush albums we got so far 3 and 4 stars. So I'm not a great fan of the rest of her work, but I found it at least very listenable. This one was bordering on torture though.

1. zat in your lap - 0 2. there goez a tenner - 1 3. pull out the pin - 0 4. zuzpended in gaffa - 0 5. leave it open - 0 6. the dreaming - 0 7. night of the zuuallouu - 0 8. all the love - 0 9. houdini - 1 10. get out of my houze - 0 11.

Just horrible

Fucking atrocious.

You can tell she’s a good musician but this album was a little strange and all over the place. It didn’t really have an 80s feel about it and sounds like a weird B musical or film soundtrack. Have to say I didn’t enjoy this one very much. It almost became unbearable to listen to at some points.

0/10, 0%

I get that she's experimental and unique but I really struggle with this.

Nope, she is not my cup o 🍵

Absolutely fucking dreadful again, just like everything she's ever touched.

Meh. Almost fell asleep listening to this.

Mijn hemel is dit voor rond een vuurtje de regengoden oproepen

Really a struggle for me to get through this one. Not my taste.

Kate Bush has to be one of the most overrated artists ever, she has maybe 2 good songs?

Nah. Made me want to punch music right in the dick.

horrific nonsense whispering and overall just strange music.

I couldn't get through it. This album was disgusting. You can be yourself Kate Bush but I don't want any part of it.

I think this is album I 100% do not “get” but either way I thought it was trash.

this definitely deserves its place on the 1001 albums list because its fucking batshit mental. i find her popularity as confusing as i do for the popularity bestowed on Prince. i just don't get it.

Pretty awful. First exposure to older Kate Bush. Hopefully my last as well. 1/5

she kinda sucks

??? maybe it is something you need to acquired a taste for, but life is too short for this. Never heard this before and I'm really fine with never, ever hearing any of this again.

Holy fuck my ears are bleeding in the "The Dreaming" song. Please make it stop. This album is fucked on my rating. On the last song, still so bad. So glad it's almost over. this shit is getting a 1 star from me

Very busy with a lot of random noises and talking Sounds like it is from a musical It's like a PG version of that Suicide album

This might be the weirdest fucking album I’ve ever heard and not in a good way. It’s like trying to be weird for the sake of being weird. I don’t even think I can respect the experimental aspects of it. Not a fan.

I *really* dont like the nonsense of this album, I dont know if theres some deeper meaning that I have to delve into, since she is regarded as such an icon, but I cant emphasise how much it seemed like gibberish

One of the most obnoxious things I've heard in recent memory.

I’ve never understood why people like Kate Bush. I mean, “running up the hill” is solid, made all the better by Stranger Things but this was not good.

Bjork on coke. This is one experiment that doesn’t work for me.

When will we all admit that Kate Bush albums are rubbish?

Don’t like Kate Bush

Bad.